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for two patients from the Austrian company Air Ambulance Technology. Thanks to the "quick-change" principle of the Austrian company, the equipment can be installed or removed within 20 minutes. Thus, the EC- 145 helicopter can be converted in a very short time for other missions, such as fire fighting operations, reconnaissance, transport or passenger flights, and gives the operator maximum flexibility. The delivery of the two machines took place in 2009. Like all other aircraft, the two EC-145s were stationed at the emergency service in Nizhyn (Chernihiv region). With the new acquisition, the Ukrainian state was now able to offer its citizens helicopter-based emergency medical and rescue flights to the highest standard. The EC-145 is a tried and tested helicopter that is used by well-known customers, such as the French civil defense, German police helicopters, the US National Guard and the US Army, UH-72A Lakota. As a two-engine light-weight helicopter of the latest generation, the EC-145 is optimally suited to the demand for versatile machines in the segment of light to medium-weight helicopters, but the maintenance and spare parts supply proved challenging for the operator in Ukraine. This is different in the case of the Mi-8, especially after the modernization program Mi-8MSB-V by the engine manufacturer in Zaporizhia. In this case, performance-enhanced engines are used, which contribute to the modern Mi-8 now also being used at heights over 2000 meters and at extremely high or low outside temperatures. It was even possible to set a new world record in August 2014 by achieving an altitude of 9150 meters using a Mi-8MSB-V. The test pilots needed just 29 minutes and 30 seconds for the record flight. The Mi-8 is still the first choice in Nizhyn. A flight hour in the Mi-8 is more expensive than the EC-145, but the Mi-8 The rare Tu-22RDK ELINT was also employed by the 199th Guard Independent Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation regiment in Nizhyn until its use by the Ministry of Emergency Situations. (Valeriy Romanenko) For the future, we again thought about the operation of the currently shut down Mi-2. These are also experiencing a renaissance among the Ukrainian army forces. (Alexander Golz) A view into the interior of the EC-145 with installed EMS equipment (Air Ambulance Technology) (Alexander Golz) AVIATION